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January 31, 2023
NYCHA Community Solar Project Wins $10K Sunny Award
A 1.2 megawatt (MW) solar energy project across 40 New York City Housing Authority rooftops was announced as the national winner of a U.S. Department of Energy program to make […]
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November 22, 2022
Key Takeaways from COP27
The United Nations held its annual Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt over the past few weeks, and while it wasn’t easy, in the end 200 countries signed on to […]
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October 6, 2022
Monday is Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Last year, President Biden officially recognized the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, celebrating the cultures and contributions of Native Americans in the US. Formerly known as Columbus […]
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January 5, 2022
Solar One Announces Appointment of Stephen Levin as Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Levin will join Solar One as CEO as of January 10, 2022, after serving as New York City Councilmember for District 33 since 2010. He takes the helm of […]
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December 14, 2021
Solar One Selected by the Citi Foundation’s Community Progress Makers Initiative to Advance Social and Economic Opportunity in New York City
This unrestricted grant of $500,000 will enable Solar One to strengthen our programming, bringing those most affected by environmental injustice to the forefront of developing and benefitting from the clean […]
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October 27, 2021
EPA Pledges to Fix Longstanding Water Issues on Tribal Lands
November has been designated as Native American Heritage Month, and in advance of it, the US Environmental Protection Agency released a long-needed action plan to improve water and sewer infrastructure […]
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June 17, 2021
Solar-Funded WiFi for Affordable Housing: the New Normal?
Residents of 22 buildings in East New York, Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant are about to get free solar-powered WiFi under a new program that could be replicated across the […]
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April 21, 2021
The Derek Chauvin Trial Is Over, But the Fight for Justice and Accountability Isn’t
Americans who were horrified about the murder of George Floyd and protested police violence and over-policing of people of color throughout last summer breathed a collective sigh of relief when […]
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April 15, 2021
NYC Schools Going Solar “From the Outside In”
Want an in-depth look at how Solar One is working with the NYC Department of Education’s Office of Sustainability to solarize our public schools? Check out this article from Solstice.us […]
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April 8, 2021
Ancient Societies May Have Been More Climate Resilient than Once Believed
Nothing is more certain than change, and over the past 2,000 years, civilizations that once dominated their regions have all but disappeared. But how much did climate change have to […]
